The role of the group coordinator in our agencies is really important: they greet the student when they arrive and they make sure their stay proceed in the best possible way. Irena, group coordinator at Sistema Turismo, describes her typical work day. Enjoy it!
Didiiit, didiiiit, didiiit…wake up at 7:30, Italian Breakfast Cappucino, Cornetto. Ready, steady, go to meet our new group at the hotel at 9:30.
I arrive to the hotel where is our new Erasmus plus group. I ask the teachers and the students how was their first night in Rimini, if everything is fine? Did they enjoy their first Italian meal ? 😉
I check if they have their documents, and their contracts we need to bring to Sistema Turismo office for Tsveti, our lovely Bulgarian administrative officer.
I take the group to the nearest bus stop, and while we are waiting for the bus, I explain the special rules: Remember the number of your bus stop and don’t forget to make a sign so the bus stops ….Otherwise, you can just say “Ciao” as the bus passes in front of your nose so don’t forget to wave…
I take our great group to our office in the old city center of Rimini…
During the Welcome Meeting there, I introduce the Sistema Turismo staff and I explain that we are always at their disposal.
At Sistema Turismo every member has a special guardian angel role: Vicky is the agency coordinator, Stefano the work placement officer,Simona head of International mobility department, Stratos group coordinator, Tsveti the administrative officer,
We will all help them to have a great stay in Rimini
So if they need following the rules, they can call my phone cell number 24h.
I also explain them all the important rules about the internship and the stay in Rimini..They can relax because I also came like them to Italy thanks to an European project and I made it, so I’m sure they will enjoy their stay 😉
As students say, the staff of st is a little bit like their guardan Angels.
I take the group for the City Tour of Rimini to explain them some history of this wonderful Roman City, I show the main monuments of Rimini, and some useful points like the Pharmacy, and the Post Office, teach them how to say in Italian “Can I have some stamps for?”.
I show them great monuments like the Arco d’Augusto, the first triumphal arch in the world built in 27 before Christ, la Domus del Chirurgo, and the Tempio Malatestiano, one of the oldest Renaissance cathedral built by Sigismondo Malatesta for his true love Isotta.
At the end of the city tour, I advise them to try the piadina, speciality of Rimini, but also to enjoy the culture like the great city museum or the murales in San Giuliano, Fellini’s quarter.
Then in the afternoon, we begin to accompany the students to the host companies.
Evening comes and after all tomorrow, like in Gone with the Wind, is another day!
